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Rowland,
For a standard (50mm equivalent on a 1.6x crop) lens I went for
the Canon EF 35mm f/2. It's nice and small, and a reasonably good
performer. I think I paid about $375, which is very reasonable.
Just looking at the Canon lenses, there's pretty much 6 to choose
from, two 35's, two 28's, and two 24's, though the 24's are getting
a bit wide for a 'standard' lens.
I did a fair bit of investigation, and found the order of performance
for those six from best to worst was:
1. 35mm f/1.4
2. 35mm f/2
3. 24mm f/2.8
4. 24mm f/1.4
5. 28mm f/1.8
6. 28mm f/2.8
I decided the 35 f/2 was the best bang for the buck. I would have
preferred 28mm (45 equiv), but the two 28's seem to be fairly poor
performers. Also I wanted f/2 or faster, so that ruled out a couple.
Cheers,
Jason.
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